US 11,959,372 B2
Fracturing slurry on demand using produced water
Herbe Gomez Conzatti Y Martinez, Sugar Land, TX (US); Karishma Prasad, Sugar Land, TX (US); Chad Kraemer, Houston, TX (US); and Salvador Ayala, Houston, TX (US)
Assigned to Schlumberger Technology Corporation, Sugar Land, TX (US)
Filed by Schlumberger Technology Corporation, Sugar Land, TX (US)
Filed on Oct. 2, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/479,595.
Application 18/479,595 is a continuation of application No. 17/999,806, previously published as PCT/US2021/035396, filed on Jun. 2, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/033,619, filed on Jun. 2, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2024/0044234 A1, Feb. 8, 2024
Int. Cl. E21B 43/00 (2006.01); B01F 23/50 (2022.01); B01F 25/312 (2022.01); C02F 11/12 (2019.01); C09K 8/62 (2006.01); E21B 43/26 (2006.01); B01F 101/49 (2022.01)
CPC E21B 43/2607 (2020.05) [B01F 23/56 (2022.01); B01F 25/31243 (2022.01); C02F 11/12 (2013.01); C09K 8/62 (2013.01); B01F 2101/49 (2022.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method, comprising:
receiving water at a centralized facility;
receiving sand from one or more sand mines at the centralized facility;
receiving one or more chemicals at the centralized facility;
using processing equipment of the centralized facility to process the water, the sand, and the one or more chemicals to produce a fracturing slurry, wherein using the processing equipment comprises:
using a low-shear addition system to add a friction-reducing additive to the fracturing slurry, wherein using the low-shear addition system comprises using at least one eductor to disperse the friction-reducing additive into the fracturing slurry; and
conveying the fracturing slurry from the centralized facility to one or more fracturing sites.